Inheriting a school with poor academic outcomes for students (Progress 8 of -0.78 ) leaves you with one fundamental question: where do we start? Leadership of a school that needs improving across the board requires laser-sharp prioritisation, and amongst the myriad of research on curriculum, pedagogy, staff wellbeing and student progress, we knew two things: we wanted to lead with integrity and purpose, and we needed to do this by choosing a path that would rapidly improve our school and take our teachers with us. We visited and were warmly welcomed by other schools from all sectors, with a variety of outcomes to enable us to investigate best practice and evaluate research in action. We targeted the areas that would have the most immediate impact, whilst also building sustainable success for our students. There were no knee-jerk reactions, which have been commonplace across the education sector due to outcome-based inspections, changeable policies and high-stakes performance tabl
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